There’s this small thing that all businesses adhere to called “goodwill.” Showing goodwill by being honest about your products and what they can and can’t do is especially necessary when doing otherwise could kill someone. This week a Tesla engineer involved in the 2016 video that supposedly filmed a Model X driving completely autonomously admitted it was all faked. Under oath. Is there now a criminal liability for this?
Tesla’s film, in reality, was a total forgery. According to Ashok Elluswamy, the company’s Autopilot director, the route was 3D mapped with the information downloaded to the car. Those engineers inside the Model X had to take over at every turn, and the parking maneuvers actually resulted in the car crashing into a nearby fence.
Following the release of the video to millions of his Twitter followers, CEO Elon Musk stated, “Tesla drives itself, no human input at all, through urban streets to highway to streets, then finds a parking spot.” This fake video continues to be used by Tesla today.
In 2021, the New York Times exposed the video as fraudulent, so those paying attention were not surprised when Elluswamy confirmed it under oath. The reason he gave testimony is that the Department of Justice is conducting a criminal investigation of Tesla. And there are numerous lawsuits in both California and Florida, where defendants are accused of manslaughter. They, in turn, are...
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